A cold front will enter northern Vietnam as of Saturday, ending several days of warmth and bringing cold weather back again, with temperatures likely to drop to 14 degrees Celsius in early March, the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center said on Friday.

(VOV) - With the economy coming off such a remarkably strong year and Vietnamese per capita incomes on the rise, more families have been booking outward tours for this Lunar New Year (TET) holiday season.

Northern Vietnamese provinces, especially those in mountainous areas, will likely experience chilling weather this week as another cold snap is entering the region to intensify the current cold weather, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warned on Wednesday.

Since the beginning of the year, hospitals have received some children in the Northern provinces suffering Pertussis, Tran Dac Phu, head of the Health Ministry's Preventive Health Department, said on February 1.

Philanthropists across Vietnam have connected with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper recently to support poor children suffering during the cold season in mountainous and border areas ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.